Checkers and Draughts for Android

11 things about Checkers and Draughts

1. Carbon dating makes it appear that this game was played around 3000 B.C. However, the game used a slightly different board, a different number of pieces and no one is quite certain of the exact rules.

2. Books were written on the game in Spain as early as the mid 1500's and in England a mathematician name William Payne wrote his own treatise on Draughts in 1756.

3. In Ancient Egypt a game called Alquerque, which had a 5X5 board was a common and much played game.

4. The older version was considered more of a social game for women and was called "Le Jeu Plaisant De Dames".

5. Historians have traced it as far back as 1400 B.C. It was a game of such popularity that it was played all over the western world for thousands of years.

6. Now the rules for checkers were set and the game was exported to England and America.

7. In Great Britain the game was called "Draughts".

8. Over the years, many countries developed their own version of checkers/draughts and adjusted the rules, board size and color of pieces.

9. It is thought that the earliest form of checkers was a game discovered in an archeological dig at Ur in Iraq.

10. Around 1100 a Frenchman got the idea of playing the game on a chess board.

11. You can play the games either against the computer, other playes on the same device or you can connect to other devices (iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad) through the bluetooth connection and play against players on other devices.